Memphis - In The Highest Room lyrics

rate me

In the highest room that we could find where all the light streamed in

We took apart the final pieces of what might have been

Play the saxophone as loud as you can and I will play the drums

We'll drink all night until we're sick or until the morning comes

It's time for us to fall apart, it's time for us to go

It's time to roll the tent and pull the stakes and close another show

This trunk is getting empty, you lose an object in each town

Things are thrown away without you knowing or buried underground

And you can't go back to look for them because there's never time

You keep track of your life and I'll keep track of mine

You keep track of your lost life and I'll keep track of mine

We were trapped up in the highest room when they came to look for us

We were drying our hair with a towel we shared between the two of us

They knocked on the door and called our name in a voice so soft but strong

They said, “we'll wait some time for you to come but we will not wait long'

We breathed the last brief beat of freedom in as they waited by the door

Felt the heat of their quiet threats, duty bound to do some more

And so like the pitiable heroes we always dreamed to be

I set a flame to your blue dress and you set fire to me

And in that golden instant you and I were both divine

I was saving your life and you were saving mine

In the highest room

Beneath the bleeding moon

I was saving your sweet life

And you were saving mine